Object: Flashlight, Sheet of black construction paper (optional), Card stock printed with scripture reference and verse.

(Hold up the flashlight.) What is this? (Allow the children to answer.) That’s right. It’s a flashlight. A flashlight uses batteries and a small light bulb to create a light, like this. (Shine flashlight. Shine it on the construction paper if there is too much light to see the light on the carpet or floor.)

As you might imagine, this flashlight really comes in handy. Imagine that I’m camping. It’s the middle of the night, and I wake up and realize that I need to go to the bathroom. The problem is that it’s dark outside! What do I do? I grab my trusty flashlight and shine it on the path between my tent and the outhouse. (Shine the flashlight on the floor or on the const…